Disease Outbreak NewsAntimicrobial Resistance, Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae - Global situation31 July 2024 Situation at a glance In early 2024, the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Surveillance System on Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance Reporting (GLASS-EAR) issued a request for information to assess the current global situation given the increased identification of isolates of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) sequence type (ST) 23 carrying re...

Original Investigation  August 30, 2024 Prehospital Pulse-Dose Glucocorticoid in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: The PULSE-MI Randomized Clinical Trial Jasmine Melissa Madsen, Thomas Engstrøm, Laust Emil Roelsgaard Obling, et al JAMA Cardiol. Published online August 30, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2024.2298 Key Points Question  In patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarc...

Original Investigation  August 31, 2024 Potassium Supplementation and Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: The TIGHT K Randomized Clinical Trial Benjamin O’Brien,Niall G. Campbell, Elizabeth Allen, et al JAMA. Published online August 31, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.17888 Key Points Question  When trying to prevent atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery (AFACS), is supplementing...

Research Letter  Climate Change and Health August 26, 2024 Trends of Heat-Related Deaths in the US, 1999-2023 Jeffrey T. Howard, Nicole Androne, Karl C. Alcover, et al JAMA. Published online August 26, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.16386 The warmest average temperature recorded since 1850 occurred in 2023.1 Recent studies have found exposure to extreme heat to be associated with mortality, with variabi...

Research Letter  July 29, 2024 Midcareer Satisfaction and Likelihood of Leaving Current Position of Former Career Development Awardees Reshma Jagsi, Kent A. Griffith, Kelly C. Paradis, et al JAMA. 2024;332(8):666-667. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.12262 The National Institutes of Health K-award program invests in the career development of promising early-career faculty. Because retaining diverse faculty is necessary to achiev...

#LIVES2024 Begins: Welcoming Ceremony and Opening Remarks In ICU Mon, 7 Oct 2024 At the welcoming ceremony for #LIVES2024, Prof Elie Azoulay reflected on the extraordinary progress of ESICM over the past year, encapsulated in three keywords: Community, Innovation, and Research. He highlighted that 1 in 5 ESICM members are under 38, underscoring the society’s commitment to fostering diversity and growth. The NEXT group, aimed at cultivating young tal...

Research Letter  July 30, 2024 Hospital Assets Before and After Private Equity Acquisition Elizabeth Schrier, Hope E. M. Schwartz, David U. Himmelstein, et al JAMA. 2024;332(8):669-671. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.13555 Private equity firms spent $505 billion on health care acquisitions between 2018 and 2023.1Financial infusions may augment resources for care.2,3 However, firms have sometimes sold acquired hospitals’ l...

Original Investigation  August 21, 2024 Characterizing Long COVID in Children and Adolescents Rachel S. Gross, Tanayott Thaweethai, Lawrence C. Kleinman, et al JAMA. Published online August 21, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.12747 Key Points Question  What prolonged symptoms experienced by youth are most associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection? Findings  Among 5367 participants in the REC...

Research Suicide rates among physicians compared with the general population in studies from 20 countries: gender stratified systematic review and meta-analysis Claudia Zimmermann, Susanne Strohmaier, Harald Herkner, et al BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078964 (Published 21 August 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:e078964 Abstract Objectives To estimate age standardised suicide rate ratios in male and female physicians compared with...

Original Investigation  Physician Work Environment and Well-Being August 26, 2024 Physician EHR Time and Visit Volume Following Adoption of Team-Based Documentation Support Nate C. Apathy, A. Jay Holmgren, Dori A. Cross JAMA Intern Med. Published online August 26, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4123 Key Points Question  How do physician visit volume, documentation time in the electronic heal...